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George Edward Davenport correspondence. 1873-1907 (inclusive)

by: Davenport, Geo. E.(George Edward),1833-1907,addressee; Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude Knight, ,1858-1934,correspondent; Andrews, Luman, ,1839-1921,correspondent; Ames, Mary E. Persifer,correspondent; Austin, Rebecca Merritt Smith,1832-1919,correspondent; Barnes, Kate L.,correspondent; Bishop, James N. (James Nathaniel), 1851-1906,correspondent; Bourn, Allan,correspondent; Brandegee, Townshend Stith,1843-1925,correspondent; Britton, Nathaniel Lord,1859-1934,correspondent; Brown, Addison,1830-1913,correspondent; Bush, A. E.,Mrs.,correspondent; Buswell, E.W.,correspondent

Publication date: 1873

Topics: Botanists, Davenport, Geo. E. (George Edward), 1833-1907

Collection: biodiversity; Harvard_University; harvardbotanylibraries

Contributor: Harvard University Botany Libraries

Language: English

Volume: Senders A, 1873-1907

Item Size: 23.4M

George Edward Davenport Correspondence. George Edward Davenport Papers. Archives, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Herbaria

George Edward Davenport (1833-1907) was a businessman and botanist from Boston who chiefly studied ferns. He was a member of the Mass Hort Society, New England Botanical Club, Torrey Botanical Club, and The Middlesex Scientific Field Club as a founding member. He published articles relating to ferns, forestry, and horticulture in many botanical journals. Davenport was also active in promoting the conservation of the Middlesex Fells, was a long-time member of the Medford School Committee (starting in 1892), had been involved in the anti-slavery movement, and was interested in labor reform. Davenport was married to Mary Francis and had ten children, eight of whom survived him. They moved from South Boston to Medford in 1875, and he died in 1907 while taking a walk in the Middlesex Fells

Electronic finding aid available http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/archives/Davenport.html

Electronic finding aid available

Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 46 correspondents with surnames starting with A or B, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: Joseph S. Adam, George J. Alden, Abbie A. Allen, Mary E. Pulsiver Ames, Charles Lewis Anderson, Albert LeRoy Andrews, Luman Andrews, Hugo Andriessen, Emilia Crane Anthony (née Royce), Joseph Charles Arthur, Rebecca Merritt Austin, S.C. Bagg, John Gilbert Baker, Henry Baldwin, Kate L. Barnes, Evelyn Snead Barnett, Julia B. Bartlett, William H. Bates, Amy M. Beach, William James Beal, Henry Curtis Beardslee, William M. Beauchamp, James Lawrence Bennett, Charles Edwin Bessey, W. & J. Birkenhead Nursery, James Nathaniel Bishop, Charles Reid Barnes, Allan Bourn, Fred I. Bourquin, H. Bradlee, Townshend Stith Bradegee, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown, S.A. Brown, Samuel Botsford Buckley, H.H. Burbank, I.I.W. Burgess, Florence I.W. Burnham, Stewart Henry Burnham, Mrs. A.E. Bush, E.W. Buswell, Alford Augustus Butler, E.E. Butler, Faustina Butler, and Miss L. Butler

Abstract: Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 46 correspondents with surnames starting with A or B, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: Joseph S. Adam, George J. Alden, Abbie A. Allen, Mary E. Pulsiver Ames, Charles Lewis Anderson, Albert LeRoy Andrews, Luman Andrews, Hugo Andriessen, Emilia Crane Anthony (née Royce), Joseph Charles Arthur, Rebecca Merritt Austin, S.C. Bagg, John Gilbert Baker, Henry Baldwin, Kate L. Barnes, Evelyn Snead Barnett, Julia B. Bartlett, William H. Bates, Amy M. Beach, William James Beal, Henry Curtis Beardslee, William M. Beauchamp, James Lawrence Bennett, Charles Edwin Bessey, W. & J. Birkenhead Nursery, James Nathaniel Bishop, Charles Reid Barnes, Allan Bourn, Fred I. Bourquin, H. Bradlee, Townshend Stith Bradegee, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown, S.A. Brown, Samuel Botsford Buckley, H.H. Burbank, I.I.W. Burgess, Florence I.W. Burnham, Stewart Henry Burnham, Mrs. A.E. Bush, E.W. Buswell, Alford Augustus Butler, E.E. Butler, Faustina Butler, and Miss L. Butler.